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Newspaper
Ismay
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1909
Page
3
Brooklyn youth Joggins mails two gifts misaddressed to Aunt Jane and a friend. He sends a lorgnette to his aunt with a birthday note while the other goes to a chum with a mustache cup. Aunt Jane rejects the mix up in a furious scene. He hopes to settle for cash now.
In a rustic scene Trad Biglow and his cousin Edgar clash on the veranda over hens and a rumored anti hawk remedy. Edgar eyeing a fortune via Jim Witham's wolf germ potion pursues a bottle or Colorado source while Irad explains the risky, grubby steps to market the so called anti timidity serum and its peculiar barnyard effects.
A narrator recalls a quirky venture after selling hay to fund a scheme involving a golden brick. Two men and an Indian partner drift into a long, comic negotiation about a supposed gold brick and a failed deal as the narrator stubbornly pursues a payoff while others hesitate and withdraw. The piece ends with the narrator acknowledging the venture’s flop and his own overzealousness.
Herbert Osborn of Ohio State University notes bees produce honey by storage in hives and wax for combs. He emphasizes bees’ unique architecture and their crucial pollination for crops like apples and clover, warning crops would suffer without their aid.
A cut shows results from crossing an Embden gander with an African goose aimed at better market flesh. Experiments like this seek market quality rather than new breeds. The cross is fairly good but its superiority over other crossings remains uncertain and market dependent.
Practical guidance on beekeeping emphasizing water access bees travel far for water to dilute winter honey and loosen wax. Protect hives from wind with hedges or fences and keep weed-free fronts. Weekly hive care yields high returns as a Chicago journalist earned 225 dollars selling honey to three hotels with minimal weekly effort.
The message urges choosing high quality thoroughbred fowl over cheaper stock. Though costlier upfront, the birds require no extra care and feed, and their eggs or offspring balance the higher price through superior performance and returns.
Mrs ACS Daniel describes a DIY feeding rack for chicks built from 2x6 supports 18 inches long with a top and bottom board. Sides use spaced lath to allow chick access while keeping hens out. top covered with chicken wire. Coops surround the rack, helping chicks find feed. hens fed separately.
A DIY brooder uses a box sized to fit a tomato can. Holes in the can sides and bottom receive a 1 4 inch pipe through a top hole. The pipe extends into the can and a lamp provides heat for the radiator.
Practical tips on poultry care including dry duck housing, profitable squab markets, grass feeding for geese, fowl anatomy and smell, nesting for hens, grit in gizzards, even hatching temperatures, winter pallets, culling slow layers, lime for disinfection and worm control, safe scraps, egg packing, flock counting, hawk deterrents, green feed needs, green bone for eggs, and proper coop ventilation.
A daily ration for laying hens using oats and bran helps prevent overweight conditions and promotes healthier, more vigorous birds.
Tired all the time with languor dullness back pains headaches and urinary issues improved after using Doan’s Kidney Pills. The reader describes consulting doctors and medicines before finding permanent relief and urges others to remember the name Doan’s. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A playful remark contrasts optimism and pessimism. The optimist claims it is spring when it is not, while the pessimist says it is not when it is.
A missionary’s wife from Carthage Ohio reports severe dandruff on her daughter and milk crust on baby, then praises Cuticura Soap and Ointment as a complete success. She notes use for years and calls Cuticura a blessing in a Jan 20 1908 testimonial.
The aging pugilist John L Sullivan met a young wealthy “hollyboy” in a Baltimore theater. After washing up, Sullivan quipped to the manager asking whether the youth was a boy or a girl, sparking his famed humor in a backstage moment.
A Los Angeles mother recalls a summer evening when her six year old son, unable to finish his prayer after reaching the line Forgive us our trespasses as, says Howard had provoked him into wanting retaliation the next day. The tale highlights a childish feud spilling into a bedtime moment.
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